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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21

In BRIEF. OF the fire in Kcnncbunkport
last Saturday night the Portland Advertiser
| says: 1t is the worst since those in PASSPORT,
Pennington and Boothbay. 1t appears to be
the old story of scanty protection against fire.
A village of 1000 inhabitants needs some
thing more adequate than one old handful.
The consequence of kcnnebunkport's neglect
is loss of $15,000-a sum which would have
more than provided means of putting out any
ordinary fire easily and quickly, before it had
time to get Roadway. The fire is said to have
been the work of an incendiary.....Thc Grand
Army circular, stating that rooms can be
secured at the hotels in st. Louis at the National
Encampment, at from $3.50 to 81 is disputed
by letter that states the charges will be from
SIG to $40 a day for room. The Maine Coun-
Gil of Administration will hold a meeting at
the Falmouth Hotel, May 4th......Miss Margaret
Blaine, who has recently been visiting WASH
ington, is now in New York, where she is the
guest of Gen. Sherman and his daughter at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. Miss Blaine will remain
with them until the return of her father from
the West......Bath will have town meeting
April 23th, to see if the city will continue
| standard time or adopt meridian time......Major
John L. Blaine, paymaster in the L. S. Army
and brother of Hon. James &. Blaine, is lying
at the point of death at the army and navy
hospital Hot Springs, Arkansas. There is no
hope of his recovery.....Mr. Walker Blaine re-
ceved Monday at Chicago the following tee-
gram from his father, James G. Blaine. dated
at Fort Gibson: ''Shall leave here tonight.
Hope to DC in Chicago Wednesday morning.
......Eugene COnnor who was one of the EN-
ployes of Hanan 4 Son, New York. manu-
featuring shoe makers, whose men refused to
obey the order to strike issued by the Knights
Of Labor, cut his throat Monday morning in
hotel on Park Row. Connor went out with
few men who struck but afterward returned.
lie had been repeatedly threatened by knights
rs was also his wife and this pressed OH his
mind and led to suicide.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21
Governor Hills Veto.

The New York Tribune SAYS that among the
good citizens generally there seems to prevail
but one opinion in regard to Governor Hills
veto of the High License biI--that of disgust.
The disguised include many lifelong Demo
Gratis who say they are through with David b.
Hill and the party. 50 lcng a. he continues to he
conspicuous representative of it. \ well
known Democratic lawyer remarked Of Hill
sink out of sight like morning mist The
party woul'! not dare to nominate him how. If
1t did he would he knitted by every honest tenn
perancc man from Name to Mexico. But thi,
is not all. If he had only injured himself. it
would easily he overlooked. But it is great
and lasting damage that he has done the party.
What is our position now in the light of his
action: Practically that of Il rum party
Editorially the Tribune says "Thc veto of
the liigh-License bill with its pcttifogging, its
rank anti-temperance sentiment, its vulgar gin
shop atmosphere, and it> coarse cynicSm. must
he regarded as full warning and proclamation
that so long as the office of Governor is lower
ed and disgraccd by the incumbcncy of David
b. Hill, SO long will any and every attempt TO
abate the drink evil or to diminish the political
influence of the rum power be met with the
veto. 1t is one Of the penalties imposed upon
New York for the blundcr which put such
power in the hands of such man. 1t may be
necessary for the people of the State to realize
more fully than they have yet done their own
culpability and arcountabilitv The saloon i'm
politics is the explanation of IIirs official po-
stion. No other influence or element could
have created such an Executive: no other cle-
ment could be represented by him. Bad. mean,
contemplate As he is, however, The fact that
the people put him over them by their criminal
conformation of the evil influences which ac-
lively supported him. must not be forgotten .
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21

Oar attention ctle,! last week by City Sole
! itor Williamson to the law relating to standard
time. which he regarded as mandatory upon the
! city authorities and their employees. Chapter %,
Public Laws If 1851, reads a. follows:
All courts and all State county and town officers
AMI their employees in the transaction of their OIL
cial business, and all contracts unless it is other
wise provided. therein, and all proceedings in law
and equity shall lie governed by the eastern dyS-
ion of standard time.
This law was approved Feb. Is, 1851, and went
Into full effect the 18th inst. In Bangor the
Mayor appealed to the City Solicitor for legal
opinion to the course to be pursued, and that
official responded as follows:
am of the opinion that this act clearly requires
that and after April 18th next, all of the bust
ness of the city must be transacted by the eastern
division of standard time and that there is dis
crcti0nary power authority left within the con
troi of any OF the officers referred to in the act
der consideration. The act is imperative in its
4llreinenta for the courts, ali state county city
and town officials and their employees.
am of the opinion that it is the duty of all the
several officers of the city of Bangor, in the tran
saction of their official business and all employees
of the city ill the line of their duty such EN-
ploVes, TO conform to the provisions of the act in
question: and that il is the duty of the Superinten-
dent of Clocks, as an empoye of said city, to set
the public clocks, referred to i'll the request, by the
eastern division of standard time the 18th of the
present month, and continue TO run on that time
thereafter
MI II. j. Locke, who has charge of the city
clock, turned the hands backwards twenty four
minutes Monday morning, and she is now marking
standard time. The jewelers. We're busy Monday
| morning setting watches on the legal time and
Locke answered many questions that he felt
| like eNclaiming with Shakespeare:
''Thc time is out of Joint; o cursed spite,
That ever was born to Sc: it right"
Towards whistle blows at ESQ a. NJ, II 80 noon,
and 80 p. NJ. The schools are run on standard
time, besinning at $50 a. NJ, and 1870 z. NJ, and
closing at ll.i0 A. NJ, and 430 p. NJ. The new time
will soon be almost universally adopted here and
in little while the change will he forgotten and
| we shall be rid of the annoyance of two times.
The church bells of the city, beginning next
sunday, will be rung on standard time as follows
| $50 and 1880 A. NJ, and and p. NJ. Evening
meetings during the week at o'clock standard.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21
The Widows Island Hospitsl.

Surgeon General Gunnell of the navy has nearly
completed plans for United States Naval Hospital
and Sanitarium to he erected this season on
Widows Island, PenobscOt Bay, near Rockland,
Maine, in accordance with the provision which
Congressman Dingley secured in the naval bill at
the last session of Congress. The building will he
96s feet long and 80 feet wide 1t will consist of
basement and two stories. The basement is to
be eight feet high and built Of stone and the two
stories y feet each, and built Of brick The roof
is to be covered with slate, and very sharp; and
will contain two lseogallon water tanks. The
basement will Ike cemented throughout, and the
floors In the rest Of the building will he Of hard
pine. Heating will be done by are.places and
stoves, and the water will be pumped to the tanks
by a Rider six inch hotair engine, placed in a
wooden house, 10xlO, over site of the artesian
well. The pumping will he done with iron pipes,
and the drain Of glaze tile-te drain leading Into
Fox Island thorOughfare. dead house, i2xl2,
will be put up of wood, stone foundation, some
distance from the hospital. Perhaps. also. small
cottage for medical officers. As the appropriation
Of $4,000 was made Immediately available, the
navy department will In q short timc advertise in
the ROckland and Portland papers for bids for the
construction Of the hospital buildings.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21

We publish this week another letter from
MIR. j. W. Mitchell. The correspondence be-
tween Mr.. Mitchell and Sheriff Wadsworth i,
not merely personal controversy but in.
wolves matters Of interest to the people of this
city and county, and for this reason we pub
hsh 1t. We want to find out who Is
responsible for the increasing burden OF
criminal costs, due to unnecessary arrests. ant
how to remedy the evil. The Journal has beer
agitatins this matter for years and will con
tinue to agitate it until the methods by which
the people of this county are robbed of from
two to four thousand dollars annually are fully
exposed. Mr.. Mitchell has done good work If
collating from the records the statistics he
has presented, but the subject is by no means
exhausted, and there Is more to follow. The
good name of our city is involved, and the
question is one that touches the pocket OF
every tax payer in Waldo county.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21
Democracy and Reform.

When Postmaster General Villas assumed The
duties of his office he announced that he would
no. impair the efficiency of the railway mai
service by making political removals. so long a,
the clerks attended faithfully to their ,lutc.
and did not NEEDLE with politics. Under date
March 31st, 1885, he issued the following no
tce:
Railway postal clerks who have becom.
efficient and valuable men. against whom nc
just complaint of neglect, inattention. or want
of hdelity, honesty or efficiency can be brought
and who have not turned their attention to 20
litical labors during their service. need have nc
fear of being disturbed so long as they con
tinuc to render meritorious and faithful ser
vice. W. +. Villas.
Postmaster General.
This was followed by a circular letter to tht
clerks embodying the same statement. and il
consequence of these pledges the clerks. man,
of whom then had openings, remained in the
service and let opportunities of other employ
ment 20 by. But Mr.. Villas remained true t.
his promises hardly long enough for the ink OF
his circular to become dry. lie did not ever
pretend that the removals he has made from
that day to this We're because of inefliciencv
but has displaced some of the best men in til,
service to make room for Democrats, and Ia,
thereby impaired the service, as the public wei
know, Belfast has contributed to the raiIwa,
postal service two of the best clerks in tho
country. One of them, Mr. +. w. Patterson
was removed about one year ago, and last week
Mr.. j. w. Knowlton was notified that his sue
cessor had been appointed. Both these mel
were honorable, faithful ard efficient, and nc
charges could be brought against them except
that they were Republicans and voted the part,
ticket. Their removal is 4 public loss, and al
the same time fairly illustrates the insinccrit,
OF the reform professions of Ceveland's Adj
ministratiOn.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21
News OF the Oranges.

Over one hundred members of the order of Pa.
irons of Iiusbandry We're in session in Worcester,
Mass, last week for the purpose of forming Pa.
| irons Mutual Fire Insurance Company and most of
them signed the articles of agreement. Over $500
600 insurance is pledged and it is hoped to start
with a million. The insurance is to be confined to
members of the order.
At the last regular meeting of Honesty Grange,
Morrill,, the members sat down to a bounteous
supper of baked beans, brown bread, pickles. cakes
frosted and unfrosted-cookies, toughnuts coffee
and all the ct ceteras that makes up the usual
Grange "harvcst FEAST With music and a good
literary entertainment the social and educational
features Of our Order were duly enjoyed Before
the close of the Grange, arrangements were made
for competitive literary entertainments and in.
creased interest is expected from this new depart
urr.
>agadahoc, kendehcc, York and Somerset arc
waking up and doing good work for the Order,
| several new Oranges having been instituted. In
the former county Bro. j. W. Lang is actively at
work, and with a good corps Of assistants has
already thoroughly canvassed the County. Waldo
seems to be grad ually losing ground. There is no
such thing standing still in the Grange cause.
in this county and our able County Deputy, A. l.
| Brown, we expect much We have large territory
yet unoccupied. attention Patrons! Forward
| march,"
south Montvlle Grange, at a meeting held April
18th adopted the following resolutions and request
| ed their publication in the Republican journal:
Whereas, Death has for the first time entered
50. Montville Grange, and taken from our midst
our worthy and respected brother, J. Z. Knowlton
Therefore,
Resolved, That it is but just tribute to the
memory of the departed to say that in regretting
his removal from our midst, mourn for one
who was, in every way, worthy of our respect and
regard.
Resolved, That we sincerely condole with the
family OF the deceased, the dispensation with
which it has pleased Divine Providence to atllict
them, and commend them for consolation to Him
who orders all things for the best and whose chas
tsements are meant in mercy.
Resolved, That this heartfelt testimonial of our
sympathy and sorrow be forwarded to the family
of our departed friend by the secretary of this
Grange.
J. i. MCDOWELL, Committee
ANNE MCDOWELL, on
&. T. RANDALL Kesolut}ons
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21
S0me Suggestions from a Friend of Belfast

To TIE EDITOR OF THE Journal: While in
Belfast last week my attention was called to the
temporary loan legalized this winter by the Legs-
lature with which to build lire proof vaults the
court house building, and Il Jail house. 1t was
suggested, and | think with good reason, that the
county commissioners should defer building the
jail house and at the next session of the Legs.
lature make the loan large enough /" buy tie next
lot to the court house and that and the lot now
owned by the county erect Il Jail house and Jail in
connection This Of course coul,i be done if the
county and city of Belfast should say so. | have
no doubt it is not too late now, level headed
county commits -ioncrs would want to do the best
| thing for the public good. Although my business
does not call me to the city of Belfast very oftcn
yet have an interest in it and would like to see
| the money appropriated for public buildings laid
cut udciously. These buildings are built for many
| future years, and the convenience of the county
and the looks of the city should be paramount con-
sderatohs. l. {. LIBBY.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21
B0yc0tting Working Woman.

Last fail a young woman named Nellie Newell
who resides in South Gardiner, was employed by
kimball Brothers of Gardiner as Il sttcher. Tn,
members of the knights of Labor asked her to joii
the order and she refused to do so. She was re
Gently asked to pay AN assessment of twenty-five
cents and this she refused to do. She was ther
given the option of paying that or being boycotted
She. expressed Il determination to continue he,
work without choosing either option and in conse
quence thereof the entire crew left the factory Al
nearly O'Clock saturday afternoon
The first salmon of the season was hooked al
the water works dam, Bangor, Friday, but go
away before it could he landed.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21

The other day we saw in an exchange por.
trait of woman with her front teeth exposed
and read beneath "The Insane Duchess
More recently what resemblcd ''spirit-photo.
graph of a very bald-headed man has appear.
ed in the papers, accompanied by the following
text: "First Assistant Postmaster General
Stevenson is suffering from an abscess in the
head" Next we shall expect to see portrait
of the man with a sore toe; remains of the
man who monkeycd with buz saw, ETC., etc
The portrait business is running to emptyings
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21
supreme judicial Court.
JUICE DANFuKru PRESIDING.

JUDGE pANEpKIH PRESIDING.
The April term of the ;. j. Court for the county
of Waldo, opened in this city Tuesday morning,
Justice panforth presiding. Judge Emery was
assigned, but being i'll Judge Danforth was suhsti
tuted The Court Was opened with prayer 10y Rev
George +. Tufts, of the Baptist Church. The fol
lowing are the Court officers
Clerk, Tilcston Wadlin
sheriff, tnSCl " adsu ortiz
County Attorney X. +. Dmt"n.
Deputy >herih~ A. G.. taswcll, Scaramont; Il.
r. louug, l-inc"lnNille Frank Musscy, Unity ,
dom.
Cricr, John T. Averil
Messenger, Lincoln Young.
Court Reporter, Miss Edith a, saw lcr, Of Wis
casSct.
The Grand Jury j. the same as last term.
The following is the first traverse jury Thomas
Cornforth, Thorudike, foreman; Charles II BuA-
lell, Monroe, John Il. Chase, Winterport Allen
q. lark Prospect; William y. Crosby, Brooks
lohn {. Ford, Belfast; Augustus Gardner Lin
rnlnville; Henry \. Hichborn, stockton; Oscar
Hills, Nonhport; George A. lngraham, Knox.
The following is the second traverse jury Danl
\. Mitchell, Searsport. foreman; J. T. Longfellow
Montyillc, q. W Mariner Belmont; Isaac c.
Parks, Scarsport; simeon Ryder Belfast; George
Nhcldon, Morrill,; Charles smith, Troy; William
= Dodge. lSesboro; orrin +. simpson. Belfast
Hiram IL. Treat, Frank fort: Lyman VIM, Burn
ham, John +. Woodcrck, Scaismont.
Pembroke ;. Worthng, of Palermo. and j. A.
Young Of Liberty, are supcrnumcrarics. j. 4.
lark, of Wintcrport and Page IL Young, of Free
ion, were too Ill to put in Appearance.
Mary smith vs. Jacob Eastman Parties live in
Belfast. An action to recover OPS for labor al
legged to have been performed by pin. for def.
PIN. says she washed, ironed and did other labor
for deft. and he refused to pay her, The defence
says PIN, did not work for him. but for Berry East
man and that lie paid pin with sewing machine
Verdict for pin in the sum of SS24 W. Know ltuu
for pin. Thompson Il Duntun for dcft.
Both jurcs were excused Wednesday, until
Monday next.
The following divorces were dccrccd:
Emma Il. Murphy from William F.. Murphy
Belfast parties. Custody of minor child to mother
Henry Page from Mary Page, Frankfort.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21

Mr.. w. X. Vanderbilt spent over $500, 200 in
building steam yacht from English plans, and
she Is fiat failure in every particular. On
trial trip to the Bermudas this winter every.
body was made sick by her rolling, and in speed
she IL little better than canal boat. But She.
English, don't you know.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21

The ocean yacht race Of 1886 is recalled b,
the recent contest between the Coronet and
Dauntless. In the former race the yacht.
started from New York Dec. II, and the fol
lowing gives the distance sailed and time Of
each yacht:
Henrietta miles, ID days, 81 hours, IS min
Fleetwing.. "a, 1875 IA % 10
Vesta... ...3,l44 IA so
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21

We publish this week the first article of the
promised series by Prof, l.. c. Bateman on
The Mounds and Mound Builders, and believe
it will fully meet the expectations of our read
ders and the writer. The subject is a very in
teresting one and Prof Bateman's ready pen
was never, it seems to us, more effective.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21
Facts and Figures About Tho Railroad.

From the returns made annually by the treas
urcr of the Belfast and MOosehead Lake Railroad
Company to the Secretary of State at Augusta we
take the following. The par value of shares is
500, divided as follows:
Non-Preferred stock. & SO4 shares
Preferred stock ............., ,,.9677 %
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21

b. Thurston & Co., printers Of the laws is
sued in supplement form last week, have sent
out an explanation of the use of small type.
which relieves them but will not help the eye
sight Of the reader.
Carter Harrison went out of Office as Mayor
of Chicago in an atmosphere made blue by his
own profanity. His exit was characteristic of
his career.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21
The Havoc Wrought by u Cyclone.

ON Friday last sections of Ohio and West Viz
sinia had their first experience of genuine CIV
clone. The storm first felt ut st. ClairsyiIlc
Ohio. \ funnel shaped mass of cloud, resembling
dense black smoke, travelled from the west with
the cone downward Houses were ,lcmuli shed,
trees snapped oil like pipe STEMS horses and cattle
were Frustrated and carried bodily hundreds Of
yards by the gale, and tie sky was darkcned with
the hying debris. Brick and wooden buildings
were allkc destroyed and in some instances were
swept from their sites When the funnel SHAPED
cloud WAS seen approaching the people took refuge
III their cellars and none were Killed. Horses
htchcd in the street We're blown about like chan
AMI the vehicles demolished. \ scantling sailed
through the air for mile and cut as clean Il hole
in the two walls of brick house as a cannon ball
would shingles were driven through the weather
destroyed and the loss is estimated at 500, 600
Martins Ferry, on the opposite side of the river,
suffered even more severely than St CIairsyiIle
Here a broad valley gave direction to the pulc
which licked up forest and farmhouse, and scat.
tered fences in its path down the hollow widening
out as it struck the little city and scattering Dies.
truction everywhere. In the town proper IS to 100
houses were more or less damaged and the loss
VIII reach Sl6o, 900. Several per sons were injured
and some fatally. When the storm struck the riv.
er the water shot up in perpendicular wall about
20 feet and then fell back into frothy, scething
foam and simultaneously shower of fence boards,
shingles, posts and timbers with some large sec
tions of houses, fell the turbulent waters. The
river for miles strewn with wreckage. The
cyclone surprised funeral In the cemetery at
Bridgeport and scattered the carriages over the
tombstones, swapping some of the stones OF. 1t is
thought the aggregate loss will exceed sl,OOO,0O0
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21

The latest things out Is Mrs. Howe, the Bos-
ton banker who was to pay seven per cent. a
month on deposits. Her depositors are out al.
30, to the tune q $4,000.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21

The Hurricane Island Packing Company start, d
up Monday with full crew, George Tilien Cas-
tine, Superintendent. They will put up one thous
and pounds daily. The managers prophesy that
will he the largest lobster canning In Maine unless
there is Il change in the present laws.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-21

A matter Of course-Gov. Hill Of New York
has vetoed the Crosby high license bill.